IAN WRIGHT has superior fears implicit the futures of 3 Arsenal stars – who helium reckons could RUN DOWN their contracts with the club.
The North Londoners’ slim hopes of winning their archetypal Premier League rubric since the 2003-04 play went up successful fume past play arsenic they fell 11 points down table-toppers Liverpool acknowledgment to a 1-0 decision to West Ham.
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GettyThe ending of the Gunners’ rubric hopes comes conscionable weeks aft manager Mikel Arteta failed to onshore a caller striker to alleviate his attacking woes.
The determination prompted galore of the Emirates faithful, including Wright, to question the club’s ambitions successful the transportation market.
And Wright believes a continued deficiency of ambition could punctual stars Gabriel Magalhaes, Bukayo Saka and William Saliba to clasp disconnected signing caller deals.
During the latest occurrence of Wrighty’s House podcast, helium said: “When you’re talking astir renewals with definite players, Saka, Gabriel [Magalhaes], Saliba, the mode they’re moving now, I stake those renewals are each going to beryllium slow.
“We’re going to person a concern possibly similar Liverpool with Trent, Salah and Virgil.
“If I’m 1 of these players, and their teams are going to beryllium saying, ‘Let’s hold and see, we’ve got 2 years near truthful let’s hold and spot who they get successful the summer.
“‘I cognize the manager has signed again but let’s hold and see.’
“If they’re not going to get the benignant of players that instrumentality america to the next step, look astatine Saliba. Real Madrid would instrumentality him tomorrow.
“Why not hold and spot what’s going connected successful the summertime to spot the benignant of players and calibre of subordinate we’re signing. This is what the radical upstairs request to beryllium cautious of.”
Wright, the Gunners’ erstwhile all-time starring goalscorer, believes his fears are besides shared by Arteta.
He continued: “I’m definite Mikel volition person told them that due to the fact that he’s astir apt got the aforesaid benignant of ambition.
“‘If you’re not going to springiness maine the benignant of players I need, I’m not going to beryllium capable to support the players I’ve got present that are our champion players, who are present moving down their contracts.
“We haven’t adjacent got into that speech yet astir these players.
“This summertime and who comes is f***ing vitally important to these players.
“‘There’s a batch going connected close present that needs to beryllium unpacked by these radical upstairs and they amended get it right. They amended get it right.”
Magalhaes, Saka and Saliba’s respective multi-million-pound contracts astatine the Emirates each expire successful the summertime of 2027.
Arsenal volition beryllium backmost successful enactment connected Wednesday night, travelling to the City Ground to instrumentality connected Nottingham Forest.
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